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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Boy do I have some good news for you

The nation’s unemployment rate has sat below 4 percent for more than two years now, the longest such streak since the 1960s. With labor markets persistently tight, low-income workers have finally secured some leverage over their employers, and wage inequality has fallen as a result.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Any day now for me 😭

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Now look at labor participation rate.